Take the core philosophies of 5/3/1, make two key adjustments in exercise selection and timed AMRAP sets, and you’ve got yourself a damn good strongman program.
Concurrent training, commonly known as hybrid training, can be a frustratingly fine line to walk. Here’s the recipe.
People have asked me to write about how I train. I haven’t done it because I figured you guys thought it’d be boring… until now. Here’s a look at my training and the process behind it.
Dan Dalenberg found his way through life with the help of fellow powerlifters. As a Team elitefts athlete, he intends to give back to the community by passing on information he’s learned from those who got him through his lowest points.
In this episode of Table Talk Podcast, Dave Tate and Jim Wendler talk about a couple of documentaries, majoring in exercise science, the best way to break down the conjugate method, and more.
Don’t be the newbie lifter who falls into the tiger pit traps during your training cycle. That’ll only hurt you in the long run — or at least in those first competitions. Don’t be afraid to start training too light and save your attempts for the platform. Not enough advice? I’ve got six other tips, so read on…
Once you go through these seven steps, you should have a nice simple program that will allow you to reach your goals while staying true to your priorities and meshing with your daily work demands.
Without question, the number one reason most lifters don’t lift the weights that they are able to is…
Let me introduce you to a young gentleman from my gym. Like a lot of inexperienced lifters, he didn’t understand what it really means to keep your nose to the grindstone.
If I could go back in time to when I first started in this industry, I’d force myself to follow these five rules of training. Those of you starting now should listen.
I have some grown up advice for your training: start training like an adult and quit worrying about whether or not it’s fun. This program actually produces results, and in my book, results are a hell of a lot more fun than feel-good training.
This video is Jim’s full 20-minute introduction to his UGSS presentation.
There’s a lot of history shared between these two men. Now they’re adding to it.
When moments of failure start to cloud your perspective of training, you need to return to your core philosophy. Asking these questions will force you to refocus on the big picture.
These options can help you combine the best parts of Wendler’s program with your regular routine of max effort and dynamic effort training.
Using this three-step approach, strengthen, motivate and challenge a team to excel in the sport of football.
My journey from hospital bed to Jim Wendler’s power rack started with one decision: to do what the doctors said I couldn’t.
Drive that bar off your chest like you’re wearing a C4-laced bench shirt.
We have to give this author a high-five.
When designing programs, don’t follow any blind allegiance to a certain template.
It is not the percentages in 5/3/1, or the use of bands in Westside training that make these programs special.
The body has the amazing ability to adapt to any stimulus. This can be a bad thing when it comes to training.
What the hell could this old man have discovered that is not already known?
Remember in math class when your teacher told you to show your work? Well, you need to do it again.
The day you stop learning is the day you stop living.
He’s back…and he’s getting ready to take the platform!
Training is a daily battle in which our will and desire are tested.
The road back to the platform can be long and winding.
Getting your girlfriend or wife interested in training can be a real challenge, so I figured I’d get more than one opinion on this issue.
You’ve read the book, you know the program. Here’s how to perfect it.
Think you have to gain mass before you can add lean muscle? Think again.
Barring injury, everyone should be able to do at least ten quality pull-ups.
Having a problem with your programming? Jennifer Petrosino can break it down for you.
Once again, Jennifer Petrosino is ready and willing to help answer your questions.
A training program is not “one size fits all.” As Jesse Rosenberger discovered, you will have your own keepers, mistakes, preferences, and throwbacks.
During the last couple years, I’ve seen a very welcome change in the mindset of many guys and gals entering the gym.
Did you hear the one about the guy that gets 200lbs out of his bench shirt?
Sometimes I would question what kept me going back to train; I rarely set a new record.
I’m going to push through that ache in my hips, that sting in my shoulder, and get that damn PR.
Imagine going to the doctor to get attention for an illness, receiving a drug prescription from the doctor, and tearing it up and throwing it in his face because you don’t take prescription drugs.
Believe me, your training will all of a sudden be turned into another kind of important.
You don’t have to be completely regimented and stick to the script session after session with your program.
These tips can help steer you in the right direction, but they aren’t any substitute for common sense and hard work.
I don’t take any credit for this but instead give credit to the mind who published his idea for the 5/3/1 program—Jim Wendler.
No matter what niche your lifting passion falls into, there are a few universal truths on which every lifter can agree.
We’re just over halfway through the season with twenty-two games played and, if successful in the playoffs, the prospect of sixteen more without any time off for good behavior.